Recently, Shanghai PANASIA Shipping, Antong Holding, Trawind shipping have issued the notice about the domestic trade container overweight. It will increase the inspection frequency of container loading weight in the port of loading, port of transshipment, destination port. The weight of a twenty-foot equivalent unit container shall be 30.48 tons (no more than 1 ton), and other containers shall be the rated weight of the total weight of the container.
 
Three domestic trade shipping company issued at the same time, the cause is on September 6, the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China issued the notice on Management of Domestic Trade Overweight Container, requires port enterprises to further strengthen management of domestic trade overweight containers, eliminate the safety hazards caused by overweight containers to loading and unloading operations at port and the ship transportation.

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